THE TUMOR: A short story by Susannah Breslin

A new digital fiction about marriage, malignancy, and monsters

"My original idea was that we take her out in the yard, and that I, an expert marksman, shoot her in the breast at the site to which she had pointed, thereby destroying the tumor. My wife remained silent but shook her head vigorously.Apparently she did not agree with this unorthodox approach that I felt would provide her with the most expedient remedy."